“Independent” Trans-Volta Togoland to be dealt with under Ghana law
“Independent” Trans-Volta Togoland to be dealt with under Ghana law. Government hints of dealing with all persons involved in the 16th November 2019 declaration of the Trans-Volta Togoland as an independent state in accordance with the law of Ghana.
In a statement signed by the information minister Kojo Oppong-Nkrumah, ” Ghana remains a sovereign state which has not ceded any part of its territory to any person or group of persons.”
In a related development, a paper titled THE 1956 TRANS-VOLTA TOGOLAND PLEBISCITE AND MATTERS ARISING indicates in its conclusion paragraphs that
From the above historical exposition, it is trite to say the requisite protocols were followed in the run-up to Trans-Volta Togoland becoming part of the unitary state called Ghana.
It is highly fatuous for anybody to claim that they have the right to secede because the Trans-Volta Togoland-Ghana union has not been formally established by way of a unionized constitution to date.
The processes adopted and the results of the plebiscite were clear: the vote was not for federal union! Rather, it was to join a new unitary state called Ghana.
The Queen did not need to incorporate Western (British) Togoland into an Act establishing Ghana – i.e. the 1956 Ghana Independence Bill.[16]
This issue of secession did not start today. Indeed, some people publicly demanded secession from Ghana at a 1975 durbar attended by Gen. I.K. Acheampong at Ho.
The historical records even show that a legion of Ewe chiefs also went to Lomé and petitioned the Ghana Ambassador there to initiate immediate negotiations between the two countries for a solution to the demands for the reunification of Togoland.
Finally, let me restate here again that the May 1956 plebiscite duly prepared the way for British Togoland to join the Gold Coast and became a fully independent state of Ghana on 6 March 1957.
The interests of elements in this fringe secessionist group should be discounted and treated with the contempt it deserves. I have not seen any 50 year expiry date on the plebiscite. Their claims are bogus!
Source: TRANS-VOLTA TOGOLAND
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